Won't meet Sidhu until he apologises for 'derogatory' tweets: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

Amid the tussle over talks of appointing Navjot Singh Sidhu as the new state Congress chief sulking Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met Congress state incharge Harish Rawat here on Saturday and categorically told him that he wont meet Sidhu until he apologises for his derogatory tweetsReiterating that he would accept any decision taken by interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi Amarinder Singh termed the meeting with Rawat as fruitful adding that the latter would take up the issues raised by him with Sonia GandhiThe meeting between the two senior Congress leaders lasted for over an hourMinutes after the meeting Amarinder Singhs media advisor Raveen Thukral tweeted a statement by the CM that said Had a fruitful meeting with harishrawatcmuk Reiterated that any decision of INCIndia President will be acceptable to all Raised certain issues which he said hell take up with INCIndia presidentAICC General Secretary Rawat reached Chandigarh on Saturday morning to meet Amarinder Singh He returned to Delhi later in the dayI have just returned to Delhi after meeting Amarinder Singh Ji I am glad that a lot of the things that are being discussed have been proven pointless and Captain Sahib has reiterated his important statement that any decision taken by the Congress president will be acceptable to all Rawat said in a tweetAlso read Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Sonia Gandhi ahead of likely Punjab Congress revampIt has been reliably learnt that Rawat came to Chandigarh for a meeting between Amarinder Singh and his bete noire Sidhu ahead of the official announcement of the latters appointment as the state unit chief by Sonia GandhiHowever an adamant Amarinder Singh who is reportedly upset with Sidhu for targeting his government over the power crisis and the sacrilege issue categorically told Rawat that there would be no rapprochement between the two until Sidhu apologises in public for his derogatory tweets and interviews a senior Congress leader told IANSConveying the partys decision Rawat informed the Chief Minister that there would be three to four working presidents of his choice along with Sidhu He would also be free to revamp his Cabinet Rawat reportedly told the Punjab Chief MinisterAn announcement in this regard could be made anytime he saidInterestingly amid the hectic political developments in Chandigarh Sidhu a former Cabinet minister in Punjab called on state unit chief Sunil Jakhar at his residence in Panchkula near hereThe duo held a meeting which is seen by the political circles as Sidhus effort to take everybody along in the party after he is eventually appointed as the state unit chiefAfter the meeting Sidhu called Jakhar his lsquoelder brother and a lsquoguiding force Jakhar in turn described Sidhu as a lsquocapable manLater Sidhu met Cabinet ministers Sukhjinder Randhawa and Balbir Singh Sidhu besides meeting senior leader Lal Singh a close confidant of the Chief Minister and legislators Raja Warring Kulbir Zira Darshan Brar and Barindermeet SinghRandhawa told the media after the meeting that all is well in the partySeeking guidance of Presidents of the illustrious Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Conversations with wise men worth months of Education Sidhu tweetedOn Friday Amarinder Singh had written to Sonia Gandhi warning that the party would split if Sidhu is given charge of the state CongressIn his letter the Chief Minister had said that he will not contest under Sidhu if he is elevated to the top organisational post in the stateThe letter was delivered to Sonia Gandhi at her residence in Delhi before she met cricketerturnedpolitician Sidhu on FridayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever